Book Review: Jihadi Jane by Tabish Khair
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'Jihadi Jane' is one of those books where the title and the hype are far better than the actual product. At best, the book was a mildly engaging tale of a youngster's tryst with the ISIL. I am not very clear what really put me off about this book - yes, the accents seemed a touch desperate but they weren't really the worst thing about 'Jihadi Jane'. What perhaps disappointed me that the book read like the female ISIL version of Reluctant Fundamentalist (it uses the same narrative style). Also with a title like 'Jihadi Jane' I expected the book to be the story of someone like Hejiye - a real fundamentalist operative - versus Jamila.
Even so, not a terrible read. Will take your mind off a 3 hour flight.
'Jihadi Jane' is one of those books where the title and the hype are far better than the actual product. At best, the book was a mildly engaging tale of a youngster's tryst with the ISIL. I am not very clear what really put me off about this book - yes, the accents seemed a touch desperate but they weren't really the worst thing about 'Jihadi Jane'. What perhaps disappointed me that the book read like the female ISIL version of Reluctant Fundamentalist (it uses the same narrative style). Also with a title like 'Jihadi Jane' I expected the book to be the story of someone like Hejiye - a real fundamentalist operative - versus Jamila.
Even so, not a terrible read. Will take your mind off a 3 hour flight.
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